“They proved to me by convincing reasons that God does not exist; Afterwards I saw God, for he came and embraced me. And now what am I to believe- the reasoning of others or my own experience? Truth is what the soul has seen and experienced; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.” BelieveDoeSoulReasonGodMy OwnOpinionSawsTruth IsPrejudiceAppearanceReasoningConvincing Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Every period of life has its peculiar prejudices; whoever saw old age, that did not applaud the past, and condemn the present times?” AgePastSawsPeriodsPrejudiceOld AgePeculiarPresent Time Author:Michel de Montaigne
“I saw the man my friendwants pardoned, Thomas Flinton. He is a bright, good-looking fellow.... Of his innocence all are confident. The governor strikes me as a man seeking popularity, who lacks the independence and manhood to do right at the risk of losing popularity. Afraid of what will be said. He is prejudiced against the Irish and Democrats.” MenSaidSawsRiskHe ManLosingPrejudiceFellowsIndependenceDemocratSeekingStrikesInnocenceGovernorsPopularityManhoodLooking Good Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“We hew and saw and plane facts to make them dovetail with our prejudices, so that they become mere ornaments with which to parade our objectivity.” FactsSawsPrejudiceMerePlanesObjectivityParadesOrnaments Author:Paul Eldridge
“I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, 'SHE a beauty!--I should as soon call her mother a wit.' But afterwards she seemed to improve on you, and I believe you thought her rather pretty at one time." "Yes," replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, "but THAT was only when I first saw her, for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance.” ShouldFirstsBelieveMotherNightI BelieveSawsMonthsPrejudiceWitOne TimeAcquaintanceOne NightDiningDarcy Book:Annotated Pride and Prejudice with English Grammar Exercises: by Jane Austen (Author), Robert Powell (Editor) Source: Annotated Pride and Prejudice with English Grammar Exercises: by Jane Austen (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)
“We Gentiles owe our life to Israel. It is Israel who has brought us the message that God is one, and that God is a just and righteous God, and demands righteousness of his children, and demands nothing else. It is Israel who has brought us the message that God is our Father. It is Israel who, in bringing us the divine law, has laid the foundation of liberty.” PeopleWorldFirstsChildrenRememberLawFatherGivenLibertySawsOur LivesDivineDemandMessagesPrejudiceInstitutionsFoundationJewIsraelFlamesRighteousnessRighteousJudaismOur FatherGentilesDivine LawUnchristian Author:Lyman Abbott
“The Iraq War marked the beginning of the end of network news coverage. Viewers saw the juxtaposition of the embedded correspondents reporting the war as it was actually unfolding and the jaundiced, biased, negative coverage of these same events in the network newsrooms.” WarEndsSawsEventsNewsNegativePrejudiceIraqViewersUnfoldingCoverageIraq WarEmbeddedBiasedJuxtapositionNews Coverage Author:Dick Morris
“I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like the Anti-Nazi League. Everywhere I saw it, I fought prejudice.” SchoolPartySawsGrewGrew UpOrganizationPrejudiceLeagueSocialistNazi Author:Saffron Burrows